Batona Trail Camping

At 52.7 miles, the Batona Trail is South Jersey’s premier (also, only) long distance backpacking trail. This trail can be backpacked in 2, 3, 4, or 5 days, which means at some point, you’re going to have to camp. Dispersed, or “cowboy camping”, where you can set your tent up any old place along the side of the trail is expressly forbidden in all three state parks and the privately owned Parker Preserve. So where can you camp along the Batona?

You have four options – Buttonwood Hill Camp, Lower Forge Campground, or Batona Campground, each in Wharton State Forest, or Brendan Bryne Campground in Brendan Bryne State Forest. They can all be booked [...]

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August 2, 2018

Maurice River Bicycle and Walking Trail – Millville, NJ

Maurice River Bicycle and Walking Trail – Millville, Cumberland County, NJ
Distance – miles total
Type – 1.5 miles or so (one way of an out-and-back)
Difficulty: 1 of 10

Website – Citizens United to Protect the Maurice River and Its Tributaries
Open – Dawn to dusk

Manasquan Reservoir County Park – Howell Township, NJ

Website – Monmouth County Parks
Open – Park opens daily at 7 a.m. November 1-March 31 and 6 a.m. April 1-October 31.
Closing time is 9 p.m. through August 19; 8:30 p.m. August 20-September 3; and 8 p.m. September 4-23.

Terrain – Lakeside woods and wetlands
Surface – Crushed stone

Trailheads – 40°10’14.75″N, 74°12’18.52″W (this is the one that we used)
40°10’38.76″N, 74°13’14.19″W
40°10’50.47″N, [...]

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July 31, 2018

Wheaton Arts Nature Trail – Millville, NJ

Website – Wheaton Arts
Open – April through December
Open Six Days: Tuesday through Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Admission – $10.00 Adults, $9.00 Senior Adults (62+), $7.00 Students, Children 5 and under are free (2018 rates… check http://www.wheatonarts.org/ for current rates)